Cloud Foundry

STACKIT Cloud Foundry is a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, deploy, and scale applications effortlessly. It abstracts away infrastructure management, allowing you to focus on your code.

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Basics

Understand the basic working principles of Cloud Foundry and dive into the terminology and concepts.

Getting started

Deploy your first application on Cloud Foundry in minutes.

How-tos

Utilize various tools such as the Cloud Foundry CLI and Terraform to manage your applications effectively.

Features

Cloud Foundry offers a range of features to simplify application development and deployment:

Multi-language support: Run applications written in various programming languages such as Java, Node.js, Python, Ruby, and more.
Auto-scaling: Automatically adjust the number of application instances based on traffic and resource usage.
Service marketplace: Access a wide range of managed services, including databases, messaging systems, and caching solutions, to enhance your applications.
Health management: Monitor application health and automatically restart or replace instances that are not performing well.
Zero-downtime deployments: Update applications without downtime, ensuring continuous availability for users.

Use cases

Popular use cases for Cloud Foundry are the following:

Web applications: Deploy and scale web applications quickly, ensuring high availability and performance.
Microservices architecture: Build and manage microservices-based applications, allowing for independent development and scaling of individual components.
API development: Create and deploy APIs that can be consumed by various clients, including web and mobile applications.
Data processing: Run data processing applications that require scalability and reliability, such as ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) jobs or real-time data analytics.